Bengaluru: The Income Tax Department, which has been accused of being responsible for former DCM Dr G Parameshwar’s personal secretary’s suicide, has issued a clarification in this regard.
“No search was done at the residence of Ramesh and no statement was recorded from him under section 131 or section 132(4) of the Income Tax Act, 1961 from him,” the I-T department said in a statement here hours after the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) blamed the I-T office for Ramesh’s death earlier in the day.
The department, however, admitted that 38-year-old Ramesh was present in Parameshwar’s house in Sadashivnagar during the search and seizure operation that began on October 10 morning and concluded at 2.45 AM on October 12.
“Ramesh was present in Parameshwar’s residence throughout the search proceedings. His presence was recorded in the ‘panchnama’,” claimed the statement.
Refuting the opposition party’s charges against its officials, the department said when its teams of sleuths reached Parameshwar’s residence on October 10, he was not present.
“His (Parameshwar’s) wife informed the teams that he (her husband) has gone to Korategere to attend a function. Our team reached Korategere and escorted him to his residence. Ramesh, who had gone along with Parameshwar to Korategere also accompanied him back to his residence in the city,” asserted the statement.
Ramesh worked as a computer operator at the KPCC for over a decade and became Parameshwar’s PA since he relinquished the party’s state unit President’s post five years ago and became a minister in the previous Congress government.
(With inputs from IANS)
